Improvement in lamp-extinguishers



'H'. &-C;W. TERPENING.

Lamp Extinguisher, No. 93,565. Patented Aug. 10, 1869..

WILLIAM TER-PENING ANDCLINTON W. TERPENING, OF: GEN? ESEO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 93,565, dated Az'lgust 10, 1 869.

IMPROVEMENT m LAMP-EXTING-UISHERS. a I

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent 'and making part of thesame.

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To all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that we, WLLLLAM H. TERPENING and OLnvTon WLTERPENING, ofGeneseo, in the county of Henry, and in the State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Burners; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact'clescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing,

making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of our improved Figure 2'is a vertical central section of the same.

Lettersofjike name and kind refer to like parts in Our invention belongsto a class of devices used for extinguishing the flame of a coal-oillamp, by covering the end of the wick-tube, so as to .smother the flame;and I It consists in the peculiar construction of the extinguisher, andin its manner of operation, as is hereinatter fully described.

In the annexed drawing- A represents the burner, of usual construction,

' having a wick-tube, B, passing vertically through its centre.

O O represent the extinguisher, made in two sections, each of which isformed of a rectangular-shaped piece at its upper end, from which astem, 0, one-fourth of an inch .wide, extends downward.

The vertical edges of the upper parts. of the extinguishei are bentinward, at a right angle,enclosing the wick-tube, and are pivotedtogether, at their lower corners, asseen in fig. 1, so as to permittheir upper edges to be spread apart or closed together, as may bedesired. A

The stems c and c extend downward, beside the wick-tube, throughsuitable openings in thecaps, where one of them, o',.is provided with aseries of perforations,

which con'espond with and receive the teeth of a starwheel, D, workingupon a horizontal shaft, d, so that, by t'nrning'said shaft, the stern,and consequently the extinguisher, are caused to slide up or down-:upouthe wick-tube.

' The lower end of the stem '0' is bent-outward, at a light angle, so asto furnish a stop, by means of which the extinguisher is prev nted frombeing drawn out When thus constructed and arranged, the extinguisher israised until its upper end is above the top of the tube, and the stemsbent outward, so as to cause the upper edges of the sections to closetogether. If, now, the extinguisher be depressed, the sections will beforced apart by the upper end of the wick-tube,- leaving said endentirely free, so that the wick may be lighted.

It will be readily seen, that it the extinguisher be raised, its upperedges will begin to close together as soon as they pass above the upperend of the wick- -tube, and that, when entirely closed, the flame willbe smothered, and smoke or disagreeable odor prevented.

The extinguisher can also be made-useful in triinming the wick, as byraising the latter above the end of the-wick-tub, and-then raising theextinguisher, said wick will be firmly clasped between the upper edgesof the sections, and enable the charred portions to'be removed withgreat ease and precision.

Having thus fullyset folth the nature and merits of our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire'to se'cure by Letters Patent, is-- As anew article of manufacture, the within-described extinguisher,consisting of the sections 0 and G, stems c and c, star-wheel D, and.shaft (1, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as andfor the purpose shown.- i

In .testimony that we claim the foregoing, we'have hereunto setourhands, this 10th day of J line, 1869.

\VM. H. TERPENING. QLINTON \V.'TERPENIN G.

'Witnesses:

L.-O. CAMPBELL, J OHN G. HALL.

